Electric-light bracket.



W. MESSER..."

\ ELECTRIC LIGHT BRACKET.

`XPP-LIGASION FILED MAY 2, 190B.v

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ne. 911,447. senescence of Letters raient. ratentea ret. a, coe. Application filed. May 2, 1903. ASerial lo-430,505.

To alljwhom 'at may concern: c on a verticalpintle 9 that hasits lower endi Be 1t known that l, WILLIAM RonssLnn, shaped into a base piece 10 that is apertured a citizen of the United- States, residing at to receive screws or other fastenings 11 for lean,1n the county of Cattaraugus and State securing the pintle to a wall or other suitable soA of New York, have invented new and useful support. provements in Electric-Light Brackets, 0n the outer end of the member 2. is a wire of which the following is a speciiication. basket'12fcomposedof several pieces of wire his invention relates to electric light 'twisted to ether to form a shank 13 that ts brackets, and more particularly to an eX- into thetu e2, the wires being terminatedin'cii' tensible. wall bracket intended. for holding sprin s 14 that are spread apartsoas to fricincandescent light. bulbs. tiona ly engage the internaly surface of the The invention has for one of its objects to tube 2. The opposite ends of the wires are improve and simplify the construction and bent into lingers 15 for yieldingly holding an operation of devices of this character so as ordinarylldison socket B that holds an inl70 to be comparatively easy and inexpensive lcandescent lam C, the key 16 of the socket to manufacture, of durable and substantial being dis osed etween two adjacent fingers design, and effective 1n use. of the ho der 12 so as to be freely manipu- A -further object of the invention is the lated. The usual cord conductor D is atprovision of an extensible .bracket com' tached to the socketB for making the elec- 75 pose of telescoping members mounted to trical connections and this cord is passed l swing and having a socketreceiving basket through an eye 17 projecting from the upper in which an incandescent lamp is removably end. of the pintle 9, so that the cord conheld.. i ductor will swing with the arm A and thus lWith these objects in view and others', be held out of the way. The outerextremity so as appear as the description proceeds, of the member 1 has slots 18 into which en-- the invention comprises the various novel gages a spring catchlQthat is dis osedwithin features of construction and arrangement of the inner member 2 and suitably fastened' parts which will be more fully described thereto,the spring having itsnose20 arranged hereinafter and set forth with particularity within thefslot 21 ofthe member 2. This 85 fi in the claims appended hereto. spring will yield to permit the member 2 to be ln the accompanying drawing,which illuspushed inwardly for swinging the bracket 'oi trates one ein odiment of the invention, arm A and will automatically lock the parts Figure 1 'is a perspective view of the Vlamp togetherl when the member 2 is fully eX- ''bracket'exteiided. Fig.2isapers ectiveview tended. By means of a bracket of this 9o -of the lamp socket basket or ho der. Fig. 3 character, the light. can be adjusted 'to any is a sectional view through the hinge of the desired point in a room by raising or lowering bracket. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the arm on the bolt' 8 as a pivot 0r swinging the looking device for holding the telescopthe arm to the right or lefton the pintle 9.' l ing members fixed when the bracket is eX- From the foregoing description, taken in 95 tended. connection with the accompanying drawing, Similar reference characters are emthe advantages of the construction end of. played to designate corresponding parts the method of o eration will be readilv a throughout the several views. parent to those s -rilled inthe art to which t e Referring to the draai?.inr7 Adesignates the invention appertains, and while l have de 10o swinging arm of the bracket which is coniscribed the principle' of o eration of the inposed'of two tubular-inw@bers 1 and of Ventron, together with t e device which I suchI diameter as to telescope one within the now consider to be the best embodiment other.. The member 1 is compressed to form thereof, l desire to have .it understood that dat head 3 that extends between the lugs 4 the device shown is merel i, illustrative, and ice of an ye 5, the said eye being formed from a that such changes may be made when destrip o head 3 for receiving the clamping bolt The metal and having its ends apertui'ed hsired as are within the scope of the claims ap ended hereto.

aving thus described the invention, what armAcan be swung upwardly or downwardly l l claim is :H 1 lio on the bolt Sas a pivot to place the light 1. The combination of a tubular member,

any desired `point. '.ihe arm A swings .at 6 to register with the aperture 7 of .the

a pintle on which the member swings, a lampA f meer 'vsoeket holder 'on the outer end of the memwires bent into e shank ber, seidl holder comprising e plurality of disposed within the member end havin their outer extremities shalped into s ring nigers.

.2. The eompbinetion of two telescopic inner end outer members havin@ slots, a. spring seered in one member and tremitydisposed in the slot thereof and errenged to enge e in the slot oli' the other memu ber, a Vertice ly-disposed pintle, e `device l vmounted on the pintle to turn thereon, e

lbers of said-device,

Divotal connection between one of the memried on the outer member 'and shaped to immovebly hold the socket of a lamp.

y3. The' eombinetion of e pintle,` en eye :mounted thereon toftnr'n., e tubular member having one end 'llettened to term-e head, e, pivotal connection between the heed and eye aseeond member slidebly mounted on e'ving its free ey;-k

and e holder rigidly ein the first, a. lamp holder on the outer end 'of the second member, end means on the pintle for receiving the oord conductor connected with the lamp in the holder.

4. The combination of e member hollow at one end, end e` lamp socket holder, seid holder comprising several pieces of wire twisted to ether to form e shrink disposed within. the hollow end of the seid member and 30:'

provided with the spring socket-engagin lingers et'the outer end of the member en" havin spring extremities at the inner end of the s .ank for frietionzillyv retaining the holder in the said member.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM ROESSLER.

lWitnesses:

HENRY J. ZIMMERMAN, A FRANK MCLAUGHLIN. 

